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I don’t like using canned cream of mushroom soup, so I made my own “cream soup” sauce for this classic casserole.

Ingredients

1 poundGround Beef

2-½ cupsFrozen Green Beans

3 TablespoonsButter

1 wholeMedium Yellow Onion, Chopped

3 TablespoonsFlour

1 cupBeef Broth

¾ cupsMilk

⅛ teaspoonsDried Thyme

⅛ teaspoonsBlack Pepper

¼ cupsParmesan Cheese (Optional)

1 poundFrozen Tater Tots (half Of A 32 Oz. Bag)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray an 8×8 baking dish with nonstick spray (or you can use a deep-dish 9″ pie pan).

Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat. Once it’s nicely browned, drain grease and pour beef into the baking dish. Spread the (still frozen) green beans over the ground beef in the baking dish and set aside.

Melt butter in the skillet you used earlier. Saute onions over medium heat until translucent, about 2 minutes. Stir in flour and cook for 5 more minutes, stirring often. Add broth, milk and spices. Heat to a low boil and cook until thickened, stirring often.

Pour sauce over beef and green beans in the baking dish. Top with parmesan cheese (if using) and spread tater tots on top in one even layer.

Bake for 20-30 minutes, until tater tots are brown and sauce is bubbling. Let cool 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!!!

Note: If you like softer green beans, cook them according to package directions before adding them to the casserole.

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One Comment

I think this recipe is great! I always do my own thing when it comes to spices so I thought it had great flavor. I used onion and garlic powder, sea salt and pepper. I used a 8×8 pan and also used frozen green beans. I also bought flavored tatortots…garlic and parmesan! I probably cooked mine for close to 40 minutes because I wanted the tots to be super crispy. And I LOVE that there were no “cream of” soups in this…it is now a weekly meal at our house!

2 Reviews

Well i have to disagree with the first reviewer, we really liked it. Since i also know to season as I go, I went ahead and did that (why didn’t the first reviewer?). I seasoned my ground beef with salt, pepper, some garlic salt and thyme. I used my deep dish pie plate. I then used french cut frozen green beans and layered those on top and set aside (they defrosted pretty much sitting while I made the sauce). I liked the sauce a lot, although I used more salt, pepper and thyme then called for. I would make this again, but probably add the rest of the bag of green beans mixed with the ground beef, then layer on top per the recipe. I cooked mine for 30 minutes and it was pefect, having leftovers today! Thanks for the recipe!!!

I’m sorry but this was borderline gross. I googled Tatertot Casserole *without* cream of anything because I don’t cook with those. This came up and I was skeptical, but tried it. First of all, I am enough of a cook to know to salt as I go. This recipe made no mention of salting – the ground beef, sauce, anything. I knew the green beans would soak up salt so I thought I salted pretty liberally. As well as pepper. I though to myself I should be adding garlic powder, something because this was going to be bland. And it was. Also, I baked for 30 min. and the green beans were not done. IF I were to do it again I would for sure do canned green beans. I would also season it up liberally – garlic powder, maybe some dry mustard, chili powder? It certainly needs something. My husband (who will eat anything) proclaimed this as “army food”. Enough said!

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